Challenges of English Language Teaching in High Schools in Turkey and Possible Suggestions to Overcome Them

Aycan DEMİR AYAZ; Sinem OZKARDAS; Tuba OZTURAN

doi:https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.543778

Makale detayları

Challenges of English Language Teaching in High Schools in Turkey and Possible Suggestions to Overcome Them

Yazarlar:

Aycan DEMİR AYAZ | Sinem OZKARDAS | Tuba OZTURAN

Yayıncı:

Ece ZEHİR TOPKAYA

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilimleri

Dergi:

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics 2019 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.41-55

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000705592

Sıklık:

Aylık

eISSN:

2149-1135

pISSN:

2149-1135

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.543778

Özet:

 


The
English language curriculum prepared by the Ministry of National Education for
high schools in Turkey seems to be satisfactory in theory, but the related
studies about the attitudes of actual practitioners towards English classes in
high schools are not detailed and comprehensive enough. This study aims to fill
this gap. To do so, qualitative research
was conducted with 13 English language teachers and 55 high school students
from different parts of Turkey. They were asked for their opinions,
applications, observations, and challenges of the English language teaching
system in their high schools and some suggestions for the problematic issues
were requested from them via open-ended questions. The data were analyzed descriptively;
the results showed that most teachers are not satisfied with the coursebooks,
crowded classes, quite limited class hours, and unmotivated students. Their
main suggestions cover the privatization of education, having language
libraries, labs, speaking clubs, and more lesson hours for English and
decreasing the number of students in each classroom. Additionally, teachers want to attend international seminars
to become aware of the latest methods/sources. Students have some valuable
suggestions for the improvements as well. Nearly all of the students are
unhappy about the coursebooks; thus, they suggest them to be revised. They also
want to join international projects and improve their language skills. As a
result of the study, suggestions covering many issues like coursebooks,
assessment, teacher training, and European projects were proposed with an aim
to diminish the gap between theories and applications in real classes. 

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Makale detayları

Challenges of English Language Teaching in High Schools in Turkey and Possible Suggestions to Overcome Them

Yazarlar: Aycan DEMİR AYAZ | Sinem OZKARDAS | Tuba OZTURAN

Yayıncı: Ece ZEHİR TOPKAYA

Ana Başlıklar: Dilbilimleri

Dergi: Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics 2019 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.41-55

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2019

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000705592

Sıklık: Aylık

eISSN: 2149-1135

pISSN: 2149-1135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.543778

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Aycan DEMİR AYAZ | Sinem OZKARDAS | Tuba OZTURAN

Yayıncı:

Ece ZEHİR TOPKAYA

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilimleri

Dergi:

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics 2019 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.41-55

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000705592

Sıklık:

Aylık

eISSN:

2149-1135

pISSN:

2149-1135

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32601/ejal.543778